Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851

Title:

The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse / comparatively delineated by H. Alken in a series of coloured plates.

Alternate Title(s):

The beauties and defects in the figure of the horse

Published / Created:

London : Published by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place ... [1816]

Physical Description:

2, [18] pages, 19 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF279 .A45 1816+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Related Content:

View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4102307

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Date of publication from plates.

Title page is engraved.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 102

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's tan printed boards. Includes publisher's advertisements ([2] pages) at end.

Subject Terms:

Horses -- Anatomy. | Horses -- Pictorial works. | Drawing -- Technique. | Horses. | Chron -- 1816.

Form/Genre:

Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1816. | Drawing books. | Publisher's advertisements.

Contributors:

S. and J. Fuller, publisher.